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Parish of the Incarnation of Our Lord and Savior Jesus
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Melrose and Saugus
32nd Sunday in Ordinary TimeNovember 8, 2020
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Incarnation Parish Bulletin
The 32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time November 8, 2020
Dear Friends,
The month of November has traditionally been a time for all of
us to remember in our thoughts and prayers our family members and
friends who have died and gone before us in faith. The month began
this past week with our celebration of All Saints (November 1) Day
and All Souls (November 2) Day. Many of our loved ones we remember
fondly as “saints” who bestowed on us so many blessings with their
kindness, generosity, and love. Their death leaves a constant void
in our lives, but our remembrance of them this month serves as a
reminder to us that they are always with us. Over the years, it has
been the tradition of the parish to place what is called “The Book
of the Dead” in a prominent place in the church where people
inscribed the names of their loved ones in a book for the entire
parish to pray for and remember. Unfortunately due to the virus the
placement of the book this year is not possible. There is, however,
another tradition that has happened. We have
placed a memorial tree at the front of the church which contains
the names on ornaments of all those whom we have celebrated a
funeral for since last November. I am sure these families very much
appreciate our prayers and remembrance of their loved one at this
time. May they rest in peace and may we remember with gratitude all
those gone before us in faith.
Fr. Steve
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MILESTONES Please remember family and friends in need of prayer,
especially Sarah Fradkin, Bill Connors, Maureen, Irene Lawless,
Perry Brown, Betty Howard, Stephen Gaeta, Jim R., Ted Ayotte,
Robert Burke, Sandra W., John Anderson, April Crouse, Adele
Maciejowski, Colleen Sullivan, Debbie Saschuk, Julia G., Donna
Correia, Sandra V., Don Marsden, Georgia Rose Okerholm, Donna Page,
Denise, Sr. Mary Shaun, Nicholas Ward, Frank Zizzo, Helen Staunton,
Domenic DeLuca, Maia DeLuca, Joseph Connelly, Jeannette Bailey,
Anita V., Leona Dewhurst, Jacqueline, Chuck Giorgio, Kathleen
O’Neill, Thomas M., Michael Lester, Sydni Simpson Garrity, Carole
R. , Patricia Zibroski, Anthony S., Janice T., John Maciejowski,
Helen Giorgio, Andrew Reczeck, Frank Stankavish, Susan D., Ed M.,
Joyce D., Joshua B., Janelle Hodges, Diane, Chris T., Michael
L,Cathy Supple., and parishioners facing surgery.
If there is anyone you wish to add to the prayer list, please
contact the rectory. Please note: All names will remain on our
Prayer List and will be prayed for unless our office is notified to
remove an individual.
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Urgent Request
The year 2020 has been such a huge challenge for so many
reasons. I
want to make you aware of another new challenge that presented
itself this week. It is the reason for this urgent request for your
help and
assistance. We need to replace the boiler in the church. It is
the worst nightmare for any pastor. Every
year before the winter months arrive there is an inspection of
the boiler
and the heating system. This annual inspection determined that
the boiler
needs to be replaced at this time. You all know how much I
dislike
asking or appealing to you for your financial assistance. But in
this case the timing is critical. The cold winter weather will soon
be with us and the boiler needs to be functioning well at that
time. I would prefer not to take
out a loan to accomplish the necessary work which is why I am
asking you first to do whatever you
can to help out. Thank you in advance of your generosity to
this
urgent request.
Gratefully,
Fr. Steve
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VETERANS DAY 2020Veterans Day is observed on Wednesday, November
11. Since 1954 it has been a National Holiday on which we Americans
honor and remember those living and dead who have served in the
Armed Forces of the United States. Who do you know to be a veteran,
is it a parent, a relative, a brother, a sister, a neighbor, a
classmate? Is there some way as Veterans Day approaches that we
thank them for their service?At 11 AM on Wednesday November 11,
Melrose will dedicate a Reflection Area for those who served during
the VietNam War. The area being dedicated is at Knoll. All are
welcome.
CALENDAR
November 7 4:30 p.m. Lorraine Crovo
November 8 9:30 a.m. Dave & Mary Boland
November 14 4:30 p.m. Alma Sawyer
November 15 9:30 a.m. no intention
GENERATIONS OF FAITH
Our Generations of Faith Online Learning event is happening
right now. All are invited to participate as we learn about Mercy.
Contact Ann for more information.
[email protected] or [email protected].
Lessons for children in Grades 1, 3-9 were sent out last week
for Online Learning.
We invite you join us as we continue our celebration of the Year
of the Eucharist:
EUCHARISTIC ADORATION WITH BENEDICTION
Most Blessed Sacrament Church
Saturday November 14, 20208:00AM – 9:00AM
“…the Eucharist heals us of our wounds, emptiness and sadness,
and gives us
the strength to share Christ’s loving mercy with others.”
Pope Francis
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This is the greatest and the first commandment.” Does your marriage
honor God? Bring your marriage to its fullest on the upcoming
Worldwide Marriage Encounter Experience via Zoom for seven sessions
every Monday and Thursday evenings starting on November 2 - 23 from
7-9:30
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PM. Registration is limited and a $100 application fee is
required. For more information or to apply, call John and Toni
Torio at 718-344-3700 or visit us at http://www.wwme.org/
FIATFiat, a gathering of women interested in learning more about
religious life, cordially invites you to the next meeting on
Wednesday, November 18, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. (ET) on Zoom. The topic
will be “Responding to God’s Call.” A panel of sisters will share
their vocation stories. If you are interested, please contact S.
Marian Batho, CSJ at
[email protected] or 617-746-2025 for more information
and the link to the meeting.
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THE 32ND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME NOVEMBER 8,2020
Are We There Yet?How can it be that the “typical questions” of
children pass down from generation to generation?
They do.
Our family car was half way to Colorado and I was about six or
seven and I clearly remember asking my mother that famous,
time-honored question,
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MMake your New Year’s Eve extra special
If you are married, but not in the Catholic Church, you are
invited to a
Marriage Convalidation Ceremony
Officiated by Bishop Mark O’Connell
Thursday, December 31 at 6:00 PM
Saint Theresa of Lisieux Parish, 63 Winter St., North
Reading
Celebrate the sanc ty of marriage by ending 2020 in this
wonderful way, and together look forward to the blessings of
2021.
During the wedding ceremony, each couple will say their vows
separately before Bishop O’Connell and their two witnesses. To sign
up, each couple
should be endorsed by their parish as free to marry and
prepared.
Please register by December 10 with the Regional Bishop’s Office
at 978 531 1013 or [email protected]. There is no cost to the
couple.
The ceremony will comply with all state, town, and archdiocesan
COVID protocols.
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“Mommy, are we there yet?” It was a real question, and I wasn’t
quoting someone else, so I thought.
By now I have heard child after child ask exactly the same
question of a parent, in exactly the same words. Maybe it is an
innate instinct, like geese flying south or robins pulling up
worms.
As we become mature, we human beings do learn to wait, to live
with the “not yet.” We call it “delayed gratification.” We may want
to be home, for instance, but to get there from work, we might have
to walk to the bus stop, wait for the #10, hand over the fee, stand
until there is a seat, sit down at long last, wait some more, get
off, walk 50 blocks (it seems), unlock the door, and finally,
finally, finally, put our feet up and relax. Some days this can be
annoying, but usually “we get used to it.”
But we shouldn’t get overly used to it. That is the point of
this week’s readings. Since we are not children, we can overlook
the joy or pleasure when our goal finally arrives. Do you even
remember to taste food when you finally get your dinner? Did
you remember to enjoy in quiet detail the friend you haven’t
seen (at least virtually) in a year?
Sunday’s First Reading reminds us peacefully and beautifully to
watch for God at dawn; to keep vigil because Wisdom (the Holy
Spirit of God) actually is searching for those who are waiting. The
Responsorial Psalm boldly names our craving for God! It says, “my
soul is thirsting for you, O Lord my God.” And, the Gospel adds,
stay awake, make
preparations. Do not be foolish. Do not forget to be ready.
We are like parched ground without rain. We have huge fractures
in our surface. Our souls ache for the gentle, courteous and tender
outpouring God wants to do—not a thing like hurricanes or floods,
but like a mother feeding her newborn.
Let’s face it. You and I desire God more than anything
else. At the center of our souls is a thirst that will never be
slaked unless the God of all creation comes in person to be living
water for us.
“Your kindness is a greater good than life,” the Psalm says to
God.
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What did you say? But life is so essential, so to be preserved,
so valuable that we fight like a cornered wolf when it is
threatened. Even so, in spite of all our flurry, God’s delicious
kindness is a far greater good than anything else we know, greater
even than being alive. It is worth the wait, no matter how
long.
So, be excited like a child. Let yourself say “I want,” like
kids do. But also, be calm like an adult. Know that when our
desires are thwarted we can wait, as wisdom waits for us.
John Foley, SJFr. John Foley, SJ, is a composer and scholar at
Saint Louis University.
PERSPECTIVE OF JUSTICE
Be Watchful, Be ReadyThe theme of the Gospel is: “Be watchful
and ready.” We are in a condition of awaiting something or someone
important, and we don’t know when the arrival will take place.
Hence the advice: “keep your eyes open, for you know not the day or
the hour.”
The liturgy combines this reading with a passage from Wisdom,
suggesting that what we are awaiting is the arrival of wisdom: “he
who watches for her at dawn shall not be disappointed.”
When will we finally understand what we need to know in order to
live together as brothers and sisters?
When will we get the wisdom to place the one true God ahead of
our petty gods of power, possessions, and pleasure? When will we be
inspired with the wisdom to overcome our social ills? We do not
know when, and so we must be watchful and ready, otherwise the
moment will pass us by.
One thing we do know: wisdom “makes her own rounds, seeking
those worthy of her.” Those will not be found worthy who do not
listen to the Scriptures, or to their own experiences, or to the
sufferings of those around them. The message to them will be
tragic: “I tell you, I do not know you.”
We do not know the time for the consummation of the earth and of
humanity, nor do we know how all things will be transformed. As
deformed by sin, the shape of this world will pass away; but we are
taught that God is preparing a new dwelling place and a new earth
where justice will abide, and whose blessedness will answer and
surpass all the longings for peace which spring up in the human
heart.
Vatican II, Constitution on the Church in the Modern World,
1965:39
Gerald Darring.
GLANCING THOUGHTS
The FoolishIn the Gospel parable, there are ten women waiting
for the Lord. But when the Lord comes, half of these women are
rejected. As the parable explains it, the problem is that five of
the women are off shopping for oil when the Lord comes, and so
they’re left out. They are the foolish ones. The other five women
are the wise ones, welcomed by the Lord.
Love for others isn’t one of the virtues of the foolish
either.
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Well, notice that when the ten women originally arrived at the
place where they were to wait for their Lord, the five foolish
women did notice that the wise women had brought extra oil with
them. But humility doesn’t seem to have been one of the virtues of
the foolish women. When they saw that the wise women had brought
extra oil for their lamps, the foolish ones apparently just felt
they knew better than the wise: the oil in their lamps would not
run out.
And maybe, after all, it didn’t seem very important to the
foolish women whether the oil in their lamps would last. When the
foolish discovered that they were wrong and were short on oil, they
didn’t lament their mistake. Their first thought was just to demand
some of the oil of the wise.
The foolish didn’t care if the wise suffered in consequence. The
foolish were willing to risk the welfare of the wise, provided only
that the foolish had a chance of getting something for
themselves.
Love for others isn’t one of the virtues of the foolish
either.
What would have happened if the foolish women had not risked
missing the Lord by going after the oil they wanted but had just
waited for him instead, without oil? What would have happened if
their Lord had found them in darkness but also in humility, not
trying to climb to safety on the backs of others, but just
acknowledging their mistakes and hoping in the Lord? Does anyone
really think that their Lord would have cast them out?
Their folly lies in their insistence on having just what they
want when they want it, no matter what the risk or the cost to
anyone else. And that is why they are cast out.
Eleonore StumpEleonore Stump is Professor of Philosophy, Saint
Louis University
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HOW TO FIND USAs a Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Boston,
we are committed to excellence in liturgy, service, hospitality,
and life-long learning, all centered in Christ. 429 Upham Street,
Melrose, MA 02176 Office: Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 3:00
pm1-781-662-8844 Office1-781-662-9340 FAX e-mail:
[email protected] website: www.incarnationmelrose.org Follow us
on Twitter @IncParish Like us on Facebook!PASTORAL and SUPPORT
STAFF Fr. Steve Madden,[email protected]. Michael
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[email protected] David E. Wiggin, C.F.X.,
Bookkeeper Jim Guiry, Maintenance ManagerDottie Ahlin, Household
Assistant
LITURGY Mass Schedule~ Saturday 4:30; Sunday 9:30Daily Mass
~Thursday-Friday at 8:00.
SCRIPTURE STUDY Every Friday morning -meeting online via Zoom.
Email Shawn if you would like to participate. Everyone is welcome
in this lively and interesting forum.
RECONCILIATION by appointment.
JOINING THE PARISHNo matter what your journey has been, we want
to be your companions for the next steps, to share the Gospel
together and to help each other along the way.Please introduce
yourself to a staff member, or drop in for coffee on Sunday. You
can register as a parishioner online via our website, or stop by
the rectory.
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by which an adult or older child becomes a Catholic, either by full
initiation in baptism, or by reception into full communion. We are
also happy to prepare you for adult Confirmation. Contact Deacon
Bob Breen.
BAPTISM FOR INFANTSDue to Covid-19 all baptisms are private. Fr.
Steve is the staff contact person for preparation.
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Our parish program of inter-generational learning and celebration
of faith is called Generations of Faith. Contact:Ann Lahiff.
MARRIAGEThe engaged couple must contact the Rectory at least six
months in advance, preferably a year ahead.
CARE OF THE SICK To arrange for the Sacrament of the Sick, for
Holy Communion for the home-bound, or Viaticum for the Dying,
please contact the parish office. It is always possible to anoint
the sick during regularly scheduled liturgies. All you have to do
is ask!
ORDER of CHRISTIAN FUNERALSWe will work with you to plan your
own funeral liturgy or that of a loved one, and are prepared to
celebrate the Vigil, also known as the “Wake,” in the Church
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